Allie Laforce

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Alexandra Leigh "Allie" LaForce (born December 11, 1988) is an American journalist, model and beauty queen.

She is currently a reporter and anchor for CBS Sports, where she serves as the lead reporter for SEC college football games, a court side reporter for college basketball games and co-host of Lead Off and We Need to Talk on the CBS Sports Network.

LaForce worked as a broadcast sports anchor and reporter for the Cleveland, Ohio FOX affiliate WJW. She won a 2011 Emmy award for anchoring FOX 8's "Friday Night Touchdown" high school football show. She was Miss Teen USA in 2005, and she played college basketball at Ohio University.

Biography

LaForce is from Vermilion, Ohio and won the Miss Ohio Teen USA 2005 title in September 2004, in her first attempt at the title. She went on to represent Ohio in the Miss Teen USA 2005 pageant held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on August 8, 2005. LaForce competed in the evening gown, swimsuit and final interview competitions, and was crowned Miss Teen USA 2005. Her mother Lesa LaForce (née Rummell) was Miss Ohio USA 1977.

Her winnings included a one-year modeling contract with Trump Modeling Management and scholarship to the School for Film and Television in New York City. It also earned her a guest appearance in the NBC soap opera Passions. LaForce made appearances throughout the United States, promoting causes such as drug and alcohol awareness, as well as continuing to attend high school in Ohio.

LaForce attended Ohio University and played under head coach Semeka Randall as a guard on the Bobcats' women's basketball team. LaForce majored in broadcast journalism. She worked as a sideline reporter for Sportstime Ohio during the 2010 Mid-American Conference's football season and the 2011 MAC men's basketball tournament, as well as the 2011 OHSAA basketball championships. After college, LaForce signed with Cleveland Fox affiliate WJW channel 8 to be a sports anchor and reporter.

In April 2014, it was announced that LaForce would replace Tracy Wolfson as the sideline reporter for the SEC on CBS. Allie worked as a sideline reporter for NBA TV during the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas.

LaForce is married to MLB relief pitcher Joe Smith.